SP Resources – Free Patterns

Patterns to use as fabrics or displacement maps. Commercial usage allowed, but not redistribution of the resource “as is.” Making personal steampunk material presets from these resources is okay, redistributing them as such is not. Use as part of a template, altered or not, is usually also okay.

That said, here are a few steampunk-friendly goodies. Click on the preview images to go to the download pages:

Patternhead

Comes with .eps file; open in your image editor of choice at 300 DPI and save as a png file. The 300 DPI is usually large enough for most 3D texture work.

Webtreats ETC

Distressed, except the leathers. There are quite a few other sets at their website. I recognize a lot of Filter Forge presets.

Pixels and Icecream

Small, but nice collection of damask-style patterns.

Patterncooler

Thumbs of a couple of patterns I downloaded; there are lots more.

DinPattern

Thumbs of three patterns I downloaded. Again, lots more.

Noctua Graphics

This site has numerous textures, though I linked to the metals section. Some textures come with bump, specular, and normal maps.

Miscellaneous

(not seamless)

For that last one, right-click-save-as for the download link and it’ll save as a .rar file.

Displacement maps are gray scale; if the pattern isn’t already black and white, it’ll need to be converted. Again, laziness strikes — I use The Plugin Site’s PhotoFreebies to convert to black and white. For those new to displacement maps, the white color pushes the mesh up, black pushes it down, and gray is neutral. If the image’s black and white colors need to be flipped, I use the Luma Negative plugin.

COLOURlovers is another pattern site — it’s huge — but the patterns can’t be used for commercial purposes. If you’re just doing renders for yourself, though, it’s worth checking out.

TOU Stuff

Almost everything on this site can be used for commercial and personal renders and/or animations. There are a few exceptions, which are noted. Additionally, if the original freebie was non-commercial use only, then any texture add-ons or poses I made would also be non-commercial. The TOU of the original creator replaces mine.

The fabric texture resources may be used in commercial products as long as they are part of a template, whenever possible.

The zip archives are not to be redistributed or sold for profit, in whole or in part.

Readme files include extra tips, as well as info and links to any required files.

Credit is always appreciated, but not required.

Broken Links?

Lots and lots of out-going links on this blog. I try to keep things updated, but sites and downloads come and go or just move elsewhere. If you happen to run across a broken link, please let me know.

Old RuntimeDNA Links

It's going to take me a long time to sort out the product links. Some moved to DAZ, some to other stores, and some are still at the RDNA store.

If a link goes to a "Product Unavailable" page at RDNA, there's a good chance you can find it at the DAZ store with a search. The DAZ store search function isn't that great, though, so please be aware that most of the moved products can be found in the main RuntimeDNA vendor list or in Lady Littlefox's vendor list.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Updates

Dec 12 2017: Looks like Chris Cox’s blog is gone (thanks to Nik for the heads up!) but the Wayback Machine has some of them archived here.

Oct 15 2016: Ironman13 has also removed all her free poses and props from freeposes.net. She has a few of them uploaded at Renderosity Freestuff. I did the usual strike-through text but left the actual link in case anyone wants to try their luck at the wayback machine archive.

Oct 09 2016: Looks like Pixeluna has removed all the freebies from her site.

May 16 2016: Updated the Buried Treasures page to include some old freebies for the equally old Sluggians. Battle Slug!

Also, the freebies from Mada’s old Faerie Dreams store can still be downloaded here; click on the “Faerie Dreams” link in the menu. Don’t know if the forum freebies will show up again.

Sep 17 2015: Arcebus has removed his website; the two freebie pages have been archived here and here, but not all the downloads work.

Sep 04 2015: Redviper’s “delivery system” moved to a new URL. I think I’ve updated all the links here, but in case I missed any, the new site is here.

Aug 27 2015: Added Bunny Girl for Toon Generations to the Buried Treasure Page, now that The3DZone’s site is mostly dead. Also, the recent site update at Renderosity broke links from the old Christmas Give-Away pages so they’re no longer available. But it was nice while it lasted!

Aug 23 2015: Fantasies Attic changed the URL on their free site and broke all my freebie links. Again. I think I caught all the changes this time around, but if I missed any, the new main page is here. Search works.